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been an emerging threat through nowthreeadministrations, bush43,theobamaadministrationandnow during the trump administration. we can't lay all the blame, by any means, at the feet of the trump administration. there are options we have but one of the options is to portray a nation of strength and to have china be a partner in reining in north korea and so far we've seen the president hasn't been able to portray that and, frankly, instead, we've seen the chinese government, in effect, offer a series of trademarks to the trump family in an era that is, again, a question that seems a bit inappropriate and i think restricts the president's ability to really force china to be a partner against north korea that we need. but this has been a problem that's been developing for more than a decade but the idea that it can be handled this simply shows enormous naivety. >> thank you very much, senator warner. appreciate your time. >> thank you, erin. >>> up next, a stalled agenda and growing frustration on the president's performance. >> the jury is out. >> the jury is out. >>> and jeanne

been an emerging threat through now three administrations, bush 43, the obama administration and now during the trump administration. we can't lay all the blame, by any means, at the feet of the trump administration. there are options we have but one of the options is to portray a nation of strength and to have china be a partner in reining in north korea and so far we've seen the president hasn't been able to portray that and, frankly, instead, we've seen the chinese government, in effect,...

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affordable care act democrats will con sued and have for a long time, evenpresidentobamaconceded,has problems and issues that need to be fixed. making it worse is the fact that the trump administration is not interested in supporting the affordable care act and, so, they are, in some cases, actively working against getting people to sign up. well, if people don't sign up, the risk pool of people covered in the insurance is filled with sicker people. insurance companies respond by raising premiums and deductibles. once they do that people can't afford with subsidies the premiums and deductibles, they lose coverage, or insurance companies drop out coverage in exchanges in some stages. it is weakened conditions because of actions by the trump administration and something needs to be done if for no other reason to give assurances to people who are vulnerable, on the affordable care act and worried about their future. so that will cause some other round of this, but it's not a priority, i it doesn't seem, for the moment, for the republicans running congress, because they've got a lot

affordable care act democrats will con sued and have for a long time, even president obama conceded, has problems and issues that need to be fixed. making it worse is the fact that the trump administration is not interested in supporting the affordable care act and, so, they are, in some cases, actively working against getting people to sign up. well, if people don't sign up, the risk pool of people covered in the insurance is filled with sicker people. insurance companies respond by raising...

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. >> reporter: ambassador dan fried ledtheobamaadminstration'sefforts last year to sanction russia. fried urges the administration to exploit the nearly unanimously passed congressional sanctions bill. >> if russians are messing with us and trying a playbook from the cold war, then let's implement those new sanctions with vigor. let's lean forward and let's mean it. >> reporter: but that is exactly the kind of response that russians fear will exacerbate a conflict that's increasingly dangerous and increasingly poisoned by the u.s.' russia investigations. >> try to distinguish, or differentiate between the russia story in the united states and the russia policy of the united states. to make sure that the united states and russia, who are adversaries at this point, do not become true enemies. >> reporter: and that is something that neither side wanted, but is looking increasingly inevitable. nick schifrin, pbs newshour, washington. >> brangham: stay with us, coming up on the newshour: surfer girls making waves and breaking barriers in bangladesh. lessons from watergate-- we sp

. >> reporter: ambassador dan fried led the obama adminstration's efforts last year to sanction russia. fried urges the administration to exploit the nearly unanimously passed congressional sanctions bill. >> if russians are messing with us and trying a playbook from the cold war, then let's implement those new sanctions with vigor. let's lean forward and let's mean it. >> reporter: but that is exactly the kind of response that russians fear will exacerbate a conflict that's...

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president say he inherited a lot of problems fromtheobamaadministration. thebad things they blames the obama administration but critics point out the economy humming alongality the rate it is on wall street, unemployment as load, the trend lines in place before president trump came into office, wolf. >> jim acosta reporting from the white house. thanks very much. perspective on the kelly appointment, the west wing reset. bloomberg news, and james spider marks and senior political nia-malika henderson. the president has given kelly full authority to get the job done. do we know some white house officials will report through kelly to the president, or, for example, anthony scaramucci, the new white house communications director, when reince priebus was white house chief of staff, he said he was reporting directly to the president. is that still going to be the case? >> it's still an open question at this point. of course, this is john kelly's first day on the job. you imagine a lot of this is being sorted out as we speak. kellyanne conway, of course, counselor to the president

president say he inherited a lot of problems from the obama administration. the bad things they blames the obama administration but critics point out the economy humming alongality the rate it is on wall street, unemployment as load, the trend lines in place before president trump came into office, wolf. >> jim acosta reporting from the white house. thanks very much. perspective on the kelly appointment, the west wing reset. bloomberg news, and james spider marks and senior political...

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that all the time when i worked intheobamaadministration, itwould have been very easy to do, and he chose not to. and i do applaud what the vice president is doing, every single country that he's going to, by the way, are all countries that have experienced different kinds of russian intervention in their domestic affairs, either through invasion in crimea, or astonia, that's a great signal, but when the president is not on board, it sends a signal to the world that maybe the president doesn't agree with this strategy. now is the time for trump to pivot hard and push back on this kind of activity. if you don't, my prediction is putin will keep pushing. >> and very briefly on the subject of north korea, nikki haley, our u.n. ambassador tweeted over the weekend, done talking about north korea, china is aware they must act, japan and south korea must increase pressure, not on. do you think we're starting to talk to north korea? >> maybe we should stop tweeting about north korea. but we cannot be done with talking. that's what diplomat do. with talk, we build coalitions and i hope trump

that all the time when i worked in the obama administration, it would have been very easy to do, and he chose not to. and i do applaud what the vice president is doing, every single country that he's going to, by the way, are all countries that have experienced different kinds of russian intervention in their domestic affairs, either through invasion in crimea, or astonia, that's a great signal, but when the president is not on board, it sends a signal to the world that maybe the president...

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less than three years of being president. part of the reason whybarackobamacan'tmanage to pass his agenda. president trump is on his second chief of staff within the first seven months of his administration. also in light of his weekend-long tweet storm calling for an end of what he now describes the very outdated filibuster, there is this tweet from 2013. quote, thomas jefferson wrote the senate filibuster rule. harry reid and obama killed it yesterday. rule was in effect for over 200 years. that's weird. heidi, when do inconsistencies, though, become a step beyond unpredictability and chip away at his credibility and that he loses more republicans, perhaps, along the way? >> mika, i think that the health care legislation is notable and really impactful, not with what's just happening over the past eight years it's not going to happen when we start to stare down the barrel of 2018. i don't know anyone, mika, who sees even a scintilla of a path forward here on health care. i know he wants them to take another stab at it. >> he's still pushing it. >> that just shows a basic lack

less than three years of being president. part of the reason why barack obama can't manage to pass his agenda. president trump is on his second chief of staff within the first seven months of his administration. also in light of his weekend-long tweet storm calling for an end of what he now describes the very outdated filibuster, there is this tweet from 2013. quote, thomas jefferson wrote the senate filibuster rule. harry reid and obama killed it yesterday. rule was in effect for over 200...

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think, hopefully will be empowered to do the job. he didn't tow the line intheobamaadministration, hespoke out against the policies at guantanamo. i think for that reason there's some hope that he will quit if he's not empowered to do his job, but those are the sorts of people i think this president should be hiring and who the country should be looking at, people who are going to speak out and quit their jobs if the president doesn't empower them to do them. >> you know, there was -- at the pentagon when it was announced on friday that general kelly was going to be the next chief of staff, several people said, well, you need this sort of four-star general. these are men who know how to get things done, they know how to get people to follow orders and that's all very true, but also to be a successful white house chief of staff, you've got to come with a little bit -- a lot of political know-how, and there i think we could see some issues coming up with general kelly. as a four-star general, he knows how to talk to congress, he knows how to appear on capitol hill and he knows how to s

think, hopefully will be empowered to do the job. he didn't tow the line in the obama administration, he spoke out against the policies at guantanamo. i think for that reason there's some hope that he will quit if he's not empowered to do his job, but those are the sorts of people i think this president should be hiring and who the country should be looking at, people who are going to speak out and quit their jobs if the president doesn't empower them to do them. >> you know, there was...

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when we think, though, that the president has gone after, you know,theobamaadministrationorpresident obama for not enforcing laws, whether it's at the border or other issues to do -- that there were directions from the department of justice that the president would avoid, how is this any different if he's not going to enforce this? >> it's dramatically different. in fact, obama deported a great number of people just as trump is doing now. more problem than obama should have. but this is a direct violation of what congress has mandated, especially the threats to stop the subsidies to the insurance companies, which is already thrown the marketplace into chaos. and there isn't anyone as the mick mulvaney went on tv to say and said america is desperate for a new health care law. well, no, it's not. america is very grateful to lisa murkowski and susan collins and john mccain for standing up and preventing this terrible law from being passed. that's where the momentum is. not where donald trump says it is. >> why do you think the republican party does not -- or did not have any t

when we think, though, that the president has gone after, you know, the obama administration or president obama for not enforcing laws, whether it's at the border or other issues to do -- that there were directions from the department of justice that the president would avoid, how is this any different if he's not going to enforce this? >> it's dramatically different. in fact, obama deported a great number of people just as trump is doing now. more problem than obama should have. but...

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diplomatic buildings and that's a long-delayed, retaliatory move aftertheobamaadministrationseizedtwo compounds outside washington and new york last december and thomas, if you remember that move in december the obama administration expelled only 35 russian diplomats and that's a lot less than the 755 employees that putin announced today. even putin himself in this televised address said that he expected the american-russian relationship to deteriorate even further. thomas? >> our matt bradley reporting in london for us. matt, thank you very much. >>> we turn to the other big story that was breaking through the week. it's health care, and if you thought that fight was over, it could just be beginning. a new reset with that with the president issuing this ult maimm for republicans in congress. trump threatened to end key subsidy payments. it's a last-ditch effort by president trump to get congress to try harder by hitting them where it hurts, but the threat didn't seem to affect senators as they spoke out today. >> with that kind of pressure change your vote? >> no, but the ball is

diplomatic buildings and that's a long-delayed, retaliatory move after the obama administration seized two compounds outside washington and new york last december and thomas, if you remember that move in december the obama administration expelled only 35 russian diplomats and that's a lot less than the 755 employees that putin announced today. even putin himself in this televised address said that he expected the american-russian relationship to deteriorate even further. thomas? >> our...

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outside new york last december. you remember that move last december,theobamaadministrationexpelledonly about 35 russian diplomats. that's a lot less than the 755 employees that putin announced today. and even putin himself in this television address said he expected the russian-american relationship to deteriorate even further. jacob? >> all right, nbc's matt bradley in london with the latest on vladimir putin expelling american diplomats from russia. matt, thanks very much. >>> turning now to major changes for the trump administration. retired four star marine general john kelly starts his new job as the white house chief of staff tomorrow. the military veteran, who's currently the secretary of homeland security, takes over for the ousted reince priebus. general kelly is being asked to restore more discipline to the west wing, if that is possible. a top counselor to the president, kellyanne conway, spoke about it earlier today. >> if we can have protocol, pecking order, order, discipline, and a chief of staff that empowers his staff to succeed, i know that general kelly has done

outside new york last december. you remember that move last december, the obama administration expelled only about 35 russian diplomats. that's a lot less than the 755 employees that putin announced today. and even putin himself in this television address said he expected the russian-american relationship to deteriorate even further. jacob? >> all right, nbc's matt bradley in london with the latest on vladimir putin expelling american diplomats from russia. matt, thanks very much....

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air when the united states,presidentobamaadministrationshutdown diplomatic facilities in the united states, the russian diplomatic facilities. would this have happened far sooner, what we are seeing today out of russia, hearing from vladimir putin, had president trump not been the man to walk into 1600 pennsylvania avenue? >> well, you know, when president obama took the two dochs and expelled around 35 personnel, so you look at this proportionately and vladimir putin has definitely escalated, you know, his response to the sanction bill that is in congress that president trump, i believe, released a statement on friday saying that he did plan to sign it, which actually surprised me, because i was seeing -- i had predicted he would be contrarian on this bill, given his previous deference to russia. but this, you know, we're seeing yet again as jess pointed out so many administrations come in to the scene and think that they will be the ones to change the relationship with russia, and yet again that just simply is not happening. this morning, earlier this morning on the abc net

air when the united states, president obama administration shut down diplomatic facilities in the united states, the russian diplomatic facilities. would this have happened far sooner, what we are seeing today out of russia, hearing from vladimir putin, had president trump not been the man to walk into 1600 pennsylvania avenue? >> well, you know, when president obama took the two dochs and expelled around 35 personnel, so you look at this proportionately and vladimir putin has definitely...

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party 8 would thes saidtheobamaadministrationdestroysjustice department and jeff sessions is cleaning it up. there are were hundreds of members of ms-13 charged. it was baffling to people from across the board why the president would be attacking jeff sessions on a number of things, not just the recusal. howie: tucker carlson didn't go much farther. president trump who they dislike even more wants him out? joe: he did get a lot of support from liberals. there is a different between not agreeing with him on a lot of the policy he implemented and his being an independent attorney general that the president should not be trying to force out in the wake of an investigation into the president. so there is a difference about the rule of law and about protecting that institution of the attorney general. howie: mediabuzz@foxnews.com. president trump dealing with anthony scaramucci. he made some news. later. dave bossie on the coverage of all this turmoil swirling around the white house. with shoulder pain when... hey joanne, want to trade the all day relief of 2 aleve with 6 tylenol?

party 8 would thes said the obama administration destroys justice department and jeff sessions is cleaning it up. there are were hundreds of members of ms-13 charged. it was baffling to people from across the board why the president would be attacking jeff sessions on a number of things, not just the recusal. howie: tucker carlson didn't go much farther. president trump who they dislike even more wants him out? joe: he did get a lot of support from liberals. there is a different between not...

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,presidentobamaorthecurrentadministration. onlysaw them one way through a sort of outrageous lens. and i thought that there was a way to be a little more open-minded about seeing everything. and i still feel this way, by the way. again, i channeled that experience even today, and i always try to say, well, what would the other side say? in fact, there's more than just two sides. sometimes there's many sides. and so anytime you think that you have such, you know, righteous indignation about something it wouldn't hurt to look at it from the other side. >> there are many totally fictional aspects of your book that are just you having fun writing a novel, but there are some elements about it that are very real. twitter, for example. all the attacks. you write about that your character's getting on twitter. you recently quit the social network entirely. why? >> okay. another thing. i'm glad you're bringing this up. that i want to point out. not everything in this book is real but the two things that you fastened on are. the tweets and the facebook posts. >> all the trolling your charac

, president obama or the current administration. only saw them one way through a sort of outrageous lens. and i thought that there was a way to be a little more open-minded about seeing everything. and i still feel this way, by the way. again, i channeled that experience even today, and i always try to say, well, what would the other side say? in fact, there's more than just two sides. sometimes there's many sides. and so anytime you think that you have such, you know, righteous indignation...

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out. john kelly is in as chief of staff. you have worked fortwoadministrations. counsellorto president obama, bill clinton's chief of staff. what does a change at the top like this mean for the white house as a whole? >> well, martha, look, it's an important move, i think, for the white house. i think -- general kelly will have his hands full tomorrow morning when he starts work at the white house. he's got to really do three things. i think. one, is, to provide -- to end the chaos. to get some discipline in this white house. that will be exceedingly difficult to do, as jonathan karl mentioned, because he's got to get the president to be disciplined. and he's shown no inclination to do that. he's got to restore strategic priority. with leadership in congress. not just the republican leadership. he needs to talk to democrats as well. and third, and maybe the most difficult thing he needs to do, is -- and you might be surprised to hear me say this. i think he has to protect the justice department and bob mueller and the investigation that's going on there from the continued ass

out. john kelly is in as chief of staff. you have worked for two administrations. counsellor to president obama, bill clinton's chief of staff. what does a change at the top like this mean for the white house as a whole? >> well, martha, look, it's an important move, i think, for the white house. i think -- general kelly will have his hands full tomorrow morning when he starts work at the white house. he's got to really do three things. i think. one, is, to provide -- to end the chaos....

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, really sit down with mayors and i will tell you that is one thing thebarackobamaadministrationdidwell, he had us at the white house, speaking with his cabinet members and that helps tremendously, and again, unfortunately under this administration we have not been part of the conversation and we are at ground zero. we have to stop tweeting and start treating people like they matter. >> thank you very much. i appreciate your time. >>> coming up next, the north korean threat, kim jong-un calling the latest missile test a grave warning to the u.s. and the options for dealing with north korea and what experts are now saying about this latest test. ♪ we're drowning in information. where, in all of this, is the stuff that matters? the stakes are so high, your finances, your future. how do you solve this? you don't. you partner with a firm that advises governments and the fortune 500, and, can deliver insight person to person, on what matters to you. morgan stanley. >>> north korea leader kim jong-un warns that the second test of an icbm this month is meant to send a grave warning to t

, really sit down with mayors and i will tell you that is one thing the barack obama administration did well, he had us at the white house, speaking with his cabinet members and that helps tremendously, and again, unfortunately under this administration we have not been part of the conversation and we are at ground zero. we have to stop tweeting and start treating people like they matter. >> thank you very much. i appreciate your time. >>> coming up next, the north korean threat,...

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thattheobamaadministrationrolledout through executive order on russia. it's a strong bill. it has provisions as you noted for any effort to repeal the sanctions, needs to be notified to congress. they have to approve it before it can take place, but here's the key point. i think politically trump is in a place where he has to sign this bill and he's indicated that he will. but you know, in order for these things to be enforced, in order for sanctions to actually go into effect it takes the state and the treasury departments to actually nominate individuals or entities to be sanctioned. so while the bill provides or the law of when it becomes law provides additional authorities it doesn't enforce itself. it takes executive action for this to actually have a bite. >> as you like at the trifecta here, how does it work with the white house, congress and the state department as they try to coordinate these new restrictions and what does that mean really on the ground when we talk about diplomacy? >> well, i think in practice, i think it's politically impossible for the president no

that the obama administration rolled out through executive order on russia. it's a strong bill. it has provisions as you noted for any effort to repeal the sanctions, needs to be notified to congress. they have to approve it before it can take place, but here's the key point. i think politically trump is in a place where he has to sign this bill and he's indicated that he will. but you know, in order for these things to be enforced, in order for sanctions to actually go into effect it takes...

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place throughtheobamaadministration. andhas been working fine for the past year. i just had two people who are scheduled for surgery. very shortly, who are now denied the funding and i'll be more than happy to do surgery for free. and to -- train navy members. >> dr. mcginn, i wonder if it's not about money. i want to put a quote up from tony perkins from the family research council i saw in the "new york times," where he said grant repentance to president trump and secretary mattis, for even considering to keep this wicked policy in place. grant them understanding, courage and willpower to stand up to the forces of darkness that gave birth to it. and wholly to repeal it. react to that. >> well i think, i think that this sounds a lot like when we had people of color who wanted to serve, women, or gays and list beians who wanted to serve. it's obvious discrimination. i think any fifth grader could see that. >> dr. christine mcginn, thanks for your service. >>> thank you. >>> let's see what you're saying on my twitter and facebook pages. why would we reject anyone who wants to ser

place through the obama administration. and has been working fine for the past year. i just had two people who are scheduled for surgery. very shortly, who are now denied the funding and i'll be more than happy to do surgery for free. and to -- train navy members. >> dr. mcginn, i wonder if it's not about money. i want to put a quote up from tony perkins from the family research council i saw in the "new york times," where he said grant repentance to president trump and...

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hayes. reince priebus is out. anthony scaramucci is ascended, and thetrumpadministrationisreeling. after one of the most dramatic votes in recent senate history, brought an edge at least for now to the gop's seven-year effort to repeal obama care. we'll revisit that historic moment shortly, but, firts, today's big news. >> he is replacing his chief of staff, reince priebus with homeland security secretary secretary john kelly. >> reince is a good man. john kelly will do a fantastic job. general kelly has been a star, done an incredible job thus far, respected by everybody. a great, great american. reince priebus, a good man. thank you very much. >> john kelly leaves his post as homeland security secretary where he oversaw the trump administration's draconian crackdown on immigration. it will now occupy the most powerful staff position in the white house. there's no replace am as of yet for that homeland security post. the president first announced the news on twitter where he offered kind words from priebus. i would like to thank reince priebus for his service and dedication to hi

hayes. reince priebus is out. anthony scaramucci is ascended, and the trump administration is reeling. after one of the most dramatic votes in recent senate history, brought an edge at least for now to the gop's seven-year effort to repeal obama care. we'll revisit that historic moment shortly, but, firts, today's big news. >> he is replacing his chief of staff, reince priebus with homeland security secretary secretary john kelly. >> reince is a good man. john kelly will do a...

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this week. itative sort of decided undertheobamaadministrationtheyfelt like they lived under constant threat of new regulation, with that not the case, with the chief regulator or the person who had her eye on wall street, elizabeth warren now in a minority senate position, fought with the ear of the president. they're not all that worried about. that so the general feeling is that while president trump may not succeed in his massive tax reform and active deregulation, there is not a threat of more regulation, for wefr reason, wages have been going up as unemployment guess down, consumers are out there shopping. now, donald trump will remind you it's all because of him, record levels and unemployment is low. those are all things that were trending in that direction for a while. i guess donald trump get some of the credit for the market janet yellin gets most of it. the moment they worried is when it looks like a constitutional crisis. the jeff sessions stuff has become of concern. >> it's almost sort of a white house-free world, where the white house almost becomes irrelevant

this week. itative sort of decided under the obama administration they felt like they lived under constant threat of new regulation, with that not the case, with the chief regulator or the person who had her eye on wall street, elizabeth warren now in a minority senate position, fought with the ear of the president. they're not all that worried about. that so the general feeling is that while president trump may not succeed in his massive tax reform and active deregulation, there is not a...

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perspective and have people come the hill down? i was alive duringtheobamaadministration. hehewent through not one, not , not three, but for secretaries of defense with in his first five years. and had a severe policy difference, not differences over turf, not personality disputes.r that a dispute over who's going to be able to communicate the president smashes the best. the first secretary of state hammered him for the iran deal and said it was unrealistic. the second one wrote a book that "newsweek" called blasting obama for pulling out the troops out of iraq. for the use of political operatives for political decisions. these were major policy differences. charles is last one given innovative foreign policy magazine and said that the obama administration was trying to destroy him, that they were micromanaging and he was very angry about their style and differences. >> sean: other ministrations had a lot of big issues. clinton, even president reagan later in their terms. this is been right out of the box. gregg jarrett, my apologies. you got the floor when we come i no longer live

perspective and have people come the hill down? i was alive during the obama administration. hehe went through not one, not , not three, but for secretaries of defense with in his first five years. and had a severe policy difference, not differences over turf, not personality disputes.r that a dispute over who's going to be able to communicate the president smashes the best. the first secretary of state hammered him for the iran deal and said it was unrealistic. the second one wrote a book...

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, literally looked, andeveryadministrationgoingbackfromobamatoreagan, there was chaos in the white house stories. >> i want to stick in modern times with this white house. >> obama was just six months ago. >> let's just stick with modern times. health care which the president ran on, repeal and replace was going to be so easy. other than gorsuch which was a victory for the president, he signed a lot of bills. >> in fairness of the president, i mean, the problem with the obamacare repeal lies in the hands of the republican congress. i am appalled. after seven years, donald trump wasn't anywhere close to the white house seven years ago when they said they were going to repeal and replace. they had nothing ready to go. >> i can give you chapter and verse from my experience of working with gop where congress failed on replacement. obama worked to pass that bill. donald trump made a few phone calls, gave a speech or two, come of which wasn't great. in front of the boy scouts, for instance. he did not work this. we need the trump white house to work hand and glove with congress. that did

, literally looked, and every administration going back from obama to reagan, there was chaos in the white house stories. >> i want to stick in modern times with this white house. >> obama was just six months ago. >> let's just stick with modern times. health care which the president ran on, repeal and replace was going to be so easy. other than gorsuch which was a victory for the president, he signed a lot of bills. >> in fairness of the president, i mean, the problem...

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calm the hell down? i was alive duringtheobamaadministration, john.he went through not one, two, three, but four secretaries of defense during his first five years. they had severe policy differences. the first secretary of state, gates, hammered him for the iran deal, said it was unrealistic. these were major policy differences. and his last one gave an interview to foreign policy magazine and said that the obama administration was trying to destroy him, and he was very angry about their style and policy differences. >> other administrations had a lot of big issues, clinton, even president reagan, later in their terms. this has been out of the box. liberty mutual stood with me when this guy got a flat tire in the middle of the night, so he got home safe. yeah, my dad says our insurance doesn't have that. what?! you can leave worry behind when liberty stands with you™. liberty mutual insurance. essential for him, but maybe not for people with rheumatoid arthritis. because there are options. like an "unjection™". xeljanz xr. a once daily pill for adults with moderate to sever

calm the hell down? i was alive during the obama administration, john. he went through not one, two, three, but four secretaries of defense during his first five years. they had severe policy differences. the first secretary of state, gates, hammered him for the iran deal, said it was unrealistic. these were major policy differences. and his last one gave an interview to foreign policy magazine and said that the obama administration was trying to destroy him, and he was very angry about their...

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december,theobamaadministrationseizedtwo russian-owned compounds in the u.s., and expelled 35 russian diplomats who the u.s. claimed were intelligence operatives. yesterday, the u.s. senate passed a bill that included new sanctions on russia for its election hacking; that bill now awaits the president's signature, or veto. with me now is special correspondent nick schifrin. nick, in addition to what judy just told us, what are the russians demanding? >> by september 1, the u.s. has to reduce its staff inside of russia to 455, that's at the embassy in moscow and three consulates around the country, and by monday they'll lose access to a storage facility inside moscow as wells a country house they generally use outside of moscow, and russia vows to punish them even more if the u.s. responds. >> sreenivasan: is the state department concerned? do we have lots more people there? >> yeah, this is a major escalation because of the numbers of people who are there. former u.s. officials tell me that there are anywhere from 1100 to 1500 staff in russia, so to bring that down to 455 could mean e

december, the obama administration seized two russian-owned compounds in the u.s., and expelled 35 russian diplomats who the u.s. claimed were intelligence operatives. yesterday, the u.s. senate passed a bill that included new sanctions on russia for its election hacking; that bill now awaits the president's signature, or veto. with me now is special correspondent nick schifrin. nick, in addition to what judy just told us, what are the russians demanding? >> by september 1, the u.s. has...

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this week. they decided undertheobamaadministration, theyfelt like they lived under constant threat of new regulation. with that not the case, elizabeth warren now in a minority senate position and not with the ear of the president. they're not all that worried. the general feeling is that while president trump may not succeed in his massive tax reform and he may not succeed he in regulation, in the meantime, wages have been going up a little as unemployment goes down. consumers are feeling more confident. the economy is chugging along. donald trump will remind you pits because of him that the stock market is at record levels and unemployment is low. these were all things that were trending for a while. i guess he gets some credit for the stock market but janet gellin gets most of it. the jeff sessions stuff was a concern. when russia ramps up, it becomes a concern. >> what i hear in what he is describing is a white house-free world. where the white house becomes irrelevant. the president tweets about changing the policy on tran service members. president trump appears to be

this week. they decided under the obama administration, they felt like they lived under constant threat of new regulation. with that not the case, elizabeth warren now in a minority senate position and not with the ear of the president. they're not all that worried. the general feeling is that while president trump may not succeed in his massive tax reform and he may not succeed he in regulation, in the meantime, wages have been going up a little as unemployment goes down. consumers are...

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. russia is taking over a country retreat that our diplomatic staff uses. its similar to whentheobamaadministrationbooted some russian diplomats and seized two compounds here after russia's meddling in our election. nearly everybody in congress voted for the sanctions. the legislation would keep the president from easing sanctions without getting the okay from congress putting the president in check. let's turn to josh letterman from the associated press. good to see you. >> hi, shep. >> shepard: the part about restricting what the president is do, is this unusual, unique? >> it's very unique. it stems from concerns among really members of both parties in congress that president trump wants to pursue closer relations with russia and might be inclined to ease the sanctions put in place in the past. of course, the fact that there's a disconnect between congress and the white house on how they should go about these sanction and the future lifting of them doesn't matter to moscow. they know it will make life harder for them and that's why russia is responding, all right, you slapped us

. russia is taking over a country retreat that our diplomatic staff uses. its similar to when the obama administration booted some russian diplomats and seized two compounds here after russia's meddling in our election. nearly everybody in congress voted for the sanctions. the legislation would keep the president from easing sanctions without getting the okay from congress putting the president in check. let's turn to josh letterman from the associated press. good to see you. >> hi, shep....

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. it's something that formerpresidentobamawarnedincoming president trump about. it's something that continues to really roil this administration. they haven't figured it out yet. >> thanks so much, chuck todd, of course, is nbc news political director, moderator of "meet the press." host of msnbc's mtp daily. we also have new information that russia has been propping up north korea as much as china is. russia has greatly increased its economic support for north korea just since february. which means that at the same time that this president is trying to reset relations with vladmir putin and having a cozy conversation at the g-20. russia is behind his back taking steps to undermine his efforts against north korea. >> you know, i go back to something i thought it was missed a little bit. i think i was speaking with ambassador chris hill a little while ago, trying to understand why is it in china's interest to continue to prop up north korea and russia a little bit. and i thought the best analysis that i heard had to do with the fact that china in particular, russia less so, but

. it's something that former president obama warned incoming president trump about. it's something that continues to really roil this administration. they haven't figured it out yet. >> thanks so much, chuck todd, of course, is nbc news political director, moderator of "meet the press." host of msnbc's mtp daily. we also have new information that russia has been propping up north korea as much as china is. russia has greatly increased its economic support for north korea just...

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the things he's doing, but he's reversingtheobamaadministration'sgeneralpolicy on criminal justice, for example, and he wants longer sentences and more people in prison, and -- you know? he's actually getting it done. and so for his -- no good deed goes unpunished. >> maybe anthony scaramucci is right. the ship is sinking. eugene robinson, thank you. >>> still to come, congress sends a bill to the president's desk, but not the one he was hoping for while health care collapsed and failed in the senate, members agreed to sanction russia. will the president sign it? "morning joe" is coming right back. >> i think i'll be the balding veerl type as opposed to the distinguished gray, for instance. unless i'm neither of those two. unless i'm a guy with saliva dribbling out of his mouth and walks into a cafeteria screaming about socialism. a millie dresselhaus doll! happy birthday, sweetie! oh, millies. trick or treat! we're so glad to have you here. ♪ what if we treated great female scientists like they were stars? ♪ yasss queen! what if millie dresselhaus, the first woman to w

the things he's doing, but he's reversing the obama administration's general policy on criminal justice, for example, and he wants longer sentences and more people in prison, and -- you know? he's actually getting it done. and so for his -- no good deed goes unpunished. >> maybe anthony scaramucci is right. the ship is sinking. eugene robinson, thank you. >>> still to come, congress sends a bill to the president's desk, but not the one he was hoping for while health care...

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in that cartel pled guilty to federal charges. a bombshell report accusingtheobamaadministrationofunmasking hundred of americans for no reason. committee chairman devon nunez raising the concerns, the request allegedly in the 2016 election included donald trump transition officials without a specific reason why that information was needed. heather: fellow democrats think debbie wasserman schultz might have broken the law. she could have obstructed justice by threatening capital police in the investigation of her former aide. shultz warned of consequences of police forced her to turn over compromised equipment connected with banking fraud, trying to leave the us. >> she obstructed justice when making threats to the head of capital police. how the budget would be impeded if he didn't cooperate and hand over the laptop or computer she said was hers, at the least it shows a pattern of mismanagement. heather: he was accused of stealing tech equipment in 2014, shultz kept him on staff until the day after he was arrested. i thought it was the day he was arrested. the white house is calli

in that cartel pled guilty to federal charges. a bombshell report accusing the obama administration of unmasking hundred of americans for no reason. committee chairman devon nunez raising the concerns, the request allegedly in the 2016 election included donald trump transition officials without a specific reason why that information was needed. heather: fellow democrats think debbie wasserman schultz might have broken the law. she could have obstructed justice by threatening capital police in...

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questioning iftheobamaadministrationisbehind unmasking for political purposes during a campaign. sources are telling sara carter that a top fbi lawyer is now under investigation for leaking classified information. we will have that story and also tonight, infighting and the white house. anthony scaramucci goes to war against leaking in his first week on the job. kellyanne conway is here with reaction. but mike emanuel is live at the white house on the battle over obamacare. mike, aren't they usually on vacation by now? >> pretty close. good evening you, sean. finding 50 votes to pass health care reform nomadic reform is proving to be a challenge. we do have some breaking news. mitch mcconnell has just posted the details of the republican health care plan that's a skinny repeal plan, getting rid of the unpopular parts of the obamacare, four g.o.p. senators came out late saying that there would be a "no" on the so-called skinny repeal plan. john mccain, lindsey graham, ron johnson and bill cassidy wanted assurance from paul ryan that it would go to conference to hammer ou

questioning if the obama administration is behind unmasking for political purposes during a campaign. sources are telling sara carter that a top fbi lawyer is now under investigation for leaking classified information. we will have that story and also tonight, infighting and the white house. anthony scaramucci goes to war against leaking in his first week on the job. kellyanne conway is here with reaction. but mike emanuel is live at the white house on the battle over obamacare. mike, aren't...

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of obamacare. >> someone who was in the white house intheobamaadministrationandwas around for the affordable care act, it is not the same. what the problrepublicans are d is unusual. we had hearings, town halls. there were over 100 amendments that were presented by the republican republicans. this is not the same. i remember president obama reaching out to republicans, wanting to make this a bipartisan effort when he talked about health care. and they refused. they absolutely refused. what we're seeing is this bill is being introduced in the dead of night, without republicans themselves knowing what is going on and what's happening. and you have republicans running away from it. all day long, we've been hearing republicans saying, it has to go into conference. or they don't want this bill because they don't want this bill to go into law. this is what's happening now. and we're talking about people's lives. people will die if we repeal. >> scott is taking issue with that. >> here's the thing. there's two choices. you can move this process along, get it to a conference committee

of obamacare. >> someone who was in the white house in the obama administration and was around for the affordable care act, it is not the same. what the problrepublicans are d is unusual. we had hearings, town halls. there were over 100 amendments that were presented by the republican republicans. this is not the same. i remember president obama reaching out to republicans, wanting to make this a bipartisan effort when he talked about health care. and they refused. they absolutely...

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rat out your colleagues. and that kind of discipline and cohesion servedtheobamaadministrationquitewell. look, i didn't support president bush when he was in office, but it served he and his team quite well throughout his presidency because he exercised the kind of leadership and unified his staff around the agenda and the vision that he had for the country. and, yes, the country runs better when you have somebody in charge who does that. >> josh earnest, who served in the last white house communications office where decency was the norm. thank you very much for joining us tonight, josh. really appreciate it. david frum, please stay with us. we're going to use you in another segment. >>> coming up, senator lindsey graham is now warning the president against firing attorney general jeff sessions, and we have breaking news on the health care votes in the senate tonight. we're now hearing that the health care bill mitch mcconnell hopes to vote on, hearing what they might be planning to do overnight. new charmin ultra soft! it's softer than ever. new charmin ultra soft is softer than e

rat out your colleagues. and that kind of discipline and cohesion served the obama administration quite well. look, i didn't support president bush when he was in office, but it served he and his team quite well throughout his presidency because he exercised the kind of leadership and unified his staff around the agenda and the vision that he had for the country. and, yes, the country runs better when you have somebody in charge who does that. >> josh earnest, who served in the last...

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moveon.org and a veteran oftheobamaadministration. andmatt schlapp, he's the chairman of the american conservative union and the former deputy political director for president george w. bush. welcome to both of you, matt and karine. speaking of fires, i have to ask both of you first about a story, a remarkable story that has just appeared late this afternoon in the "new yorker" magazine, matt. essentially it's the new head of communications at the white house, anthony scaramucci, placing a phone call last night to the writer ryan lizza and screaming at him, wanting to know who leaked information about a dinner using very strong language, threatening virtually him, saying, "i need to know who the leakers are," saying he's gone to the f.b.i., the department of justice. what's going on at the white house? >> well, my driver over to the studio was going to have my 14-year-old care read this article to me. i'm glad i didn't because it does have some colorful act waj. i think anthony scaramucci is already on twitter apologizing for the language, but i think the key here is this who

moveon.org and a veteran of the obama administration. and matt schlapp, he's the chairman of the american conservative union and the former deputy political director for president george w. bush. welcome to both of you, matt and karine. speaking of fires, i have to ask both of you first about a story, a remarkable story that has just appeared late this afternoon in the "new yorker" magazine, matt. essentially it's the new head of communications at the white house, anthony scaramucci,...

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andtheobamaadministrationdidnothing. really interesting as to why the history is what it is. but i think, i think it's changing. and i think it's a good thing that the united states along with our partners are going to push back against this hedgeemonic behavior, sucting ter rimp-- terrorism on their own, supporting terrorists in the region, .ing support to insurgents. iranian state policy to export their revolution, iranian state policy for israel to be wiped off the face of the planet. it is in my view about time that we push back against that. and as increase the cost of them doing that. because they won't stop until they do that. >> rose: is that your understanding of what the trump administration's policy is. >> yes, absolutely. >> rose: and therefore you welcome president trump and you believe that his policies towards iran and in favor of the sunni arab states. >> not just us, i think most of the gulf countries are relieved that there is finally a policy or strategy to push back on iranian behaviors because of the gains they managed to accomplish in the last ten years

and the obama administration did nothing. really interesting as to why the history is what it is. but i think, i think it's changing. and i think it's a good thing that the united states along with our partners are going to push back against this hedgeemonic behavior, sucting ter rimp-- terrorism on their own, supporting terrorists in the region, .ing support to insurgents. iranian state policy to export their revolution, iranian state policy for israel to be wiped off the face of the planet....

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government as new revelations come to light abouttheobamaadministration'sallegedtargeting of the trump transition team. chief intelligence correspondent katherine harris has the exclusive look at the sheer volume of the so-called unmasking requests during the presidential campaign. >> the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee devin nunez updates the nation's intelligence chief on the status of the unmasking investigation. three of the intelligence agencies received subpoenas and may explicitly naming three top officials of the obama administration. a former cia director john brennan, former national security dump visors susan rice and samantha powers. in what appears to be a reference to powers, one official with no apparent intelligence function made hundreds of unmasking requests during the final year of the obama administration. there were no meaningful explanations as to why they needed and how they would use this information. during public testimony in american who had done business in russia claimed the lawyer with donald trump, jr., jared kushner and

government as new revelations come to light about the obama administration's alleged targeting of the trump transition team. chief intelligence correspondent katherine harris has the exclusive look at the sheer volume of the so-called unmasking requests during the presidential campaign. >> the republican chairman of the house intelligence committee devin nunez updates the nation's intelligence chief on the status of the unmasking investigation. three of the intelligence agencies received...

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if republicans backed off. a recess appointment will not happen. >> you worked intheadministrationduringthe obama presidency. when the president of the united states goes after the attorney general, the acting attorney general, deputy attorney general, special counsel. how does that impact the average personnel at the justice department? >> it can't help. it can't help matters. the people, 100,000-strong people in the department of justice, most of them couldn't care less about these issues of the day. they're focussing on doing their job. things that don't make the headlines that 95% of the time remain the same from administration through administration and they're going to keep their head down and keep doing that. exactly what they should do. >> can i underscore what lindeyy graham said? he is a republican who said that this -- firing sessions and firing mueller, i believe, could mark the beginning of the end of the trump presidency. i mean, that was -- stunning, coming -- i'm trying to get the exact quote here. if jeff sessions is fired there will be hell to play. >> holy hell

if republicans backed off. a recess appointment will not happen. >> you worked in the administration during the obama presidency. when the president of the united states goes after the attorney general, the acting attorney general, deputy attorney general, special counsel. how does that impact the average personnel at the justice department? >> it can't help. it can't help matters. the people, 100,000-strong people in the department of justice, most of them couldn't care less about...

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obamaadministrationandchief of staff for president bill clinton now the chairman of the panetta institute for public pal policy in kofl. i'm guessing you're not telling your students this is the right way to make policy on twitter, no consultation with the generals, the secretary of defense may be informed while he was on vacation? >> this is exactly the wrong way to make policy that affects our national security. you cannot do it by a tweet the way the president has done it. without taking the time to sit down with our military leaders, with our defense officials and really work through the policy involved here. and so we're seeing the consequences of that. i commend general dounnforth fo saying we're going to keep policy in place because the commander in chief is not an answer to the white house. >> they said at the press briefing that this policy erodes military readiness. you can respond to that? >> we are the strongest military power on the face of the earth. because we have allowed everyone, regardless of race, col color, creed, gendtor, sexual orientation we've allowed ev

obama administration and chief of staff for president bill clinton now the chairman of the panetta institute for public pal policy in kofl. i'm guessing you're not telling your students this is the right way to make policy on twitter, no consultation with the generals, the secretary of defense may be informed while he was on vacation? >> this is exactly the wrong way to make policy that affects our national security. you cannot do it by a tweet the way the president has done it. without...

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departments initiated bytheobamaadministrationandon the very day the president branded him as beleaguered, sessions announced that federal funding to sanctuary cities would be tied to immigration authorities. in response to all of this, the tweets about transgender troops out of nowhere. president trump seems to be turning up the conservative rhetoric on the menace of undocumented immigrants at his recent rallies as well. >> you've seen the stories about some of these animals, they don't want to use guns, because it's too fast and it's not painful enough. so they'll take a young, beautiful girl, 16, 15, and others and they slice them and dice them with a knife because they want them to go through excrushiateing pain before they die and these are the animals that we have been protecting for so long. well, they're not being protected any longer, folks. [ cheers ] >> kristen, i guess, first of all, do those dots connect at all from your perspective? >> reporter: well, it's certainly unusual that the president out of nowhere would pounce on this or create this issue about transgen

departments initiated by the obama administration and on the very day the president branded him as beleaguered, sessions announced that federal funding to sanctuary cities would be tied to immigration authorities. in response to all of this, the tweets about transgender troops out of nowhere. president trump seems to be turning up the conservative rhetoric on the menace of undocumented immigrants at his recent rallies as well. >> you've seen the stories about some of these animals, they...

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and tossed into the pentagon ontheobamaadministrationtheway out the door. >> reporter: progressives vow a fight. >> i'm working on legislation now to make sure no one can be discriminated based on gender identity. >> i would be shocked if they go ahead with excluding trans people serving on the front lines. if they try do that, they'll have to go through us first. >> reporter: that fight has begun today, governor malloy signed an order not to discriminate. >> bret: thanks, more on this one with the panel. the attorney general is staying on for now, and the communications director promising to get white house leaks under control. that's some of the headlines coming out of the white house today. kevin cork following all the action from the north lawn, joining us with a wrap. good evening. >> reporter: hey there, bret. let's put this way. if the president's tweets were boxing bunching, they would be considered low blows, a barrage of criticisms that a lot of people are aimed at getting the law enforcement officer to quit. even as he left the white house today, questions r

and tossed into the pentagon on the obama administration the way out the door. >> reporter: progressives vow a fight. >> i'm working on legislation now to make sure no one can be discriminated based on gender identity. >> i would be shocked if they go ahead with excluding trans people serving on the front lines. if they try do that, they'll have to go through us first. >> reporter: that fight has begun today, governor malloy signed an order not to discriminate. >>...

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their side. their political holdovers intheobamaadministrationtheywant to put the hurt on the trump administration. we have to move quickly there as well. >> sean: after seven years of promises, the g.o.p. in the senate has failed to deliver for you, the american people and blame now falls at the feet of a handful of republican senators. we will be naming names in our very important opening monologue. senate republicans suffered a major step back earlier today as they try to red you the bird and that is obamacare. it still time for republicans to get something done. we will have an update later in the program. but first, they failed to move forward on a clean repeal of obamacare parent back in 2015, this is the same bill when barack obama was the president, the senate passed the bill and obama vetoed that. apparently all that was for show and all the rhetoric we have heard for seven years was just that. it meant absolutely nothing. these senators, susan collins, john mccain of arizona, rob portman, lisa murkowski, nevada. these senators have put republican advantages in congre

their side. their political holdovers in the obama administration they want to put the hurt on the trump administration. we have to move quickly there as well. >> sean: after seven years of promises, the g.o.p. in the senate has failed to deliver for you, the american people and blame now falls at the feet of a handful of republican senators. we will be naming names in our very important opening monologue. senate republicans suffered a major step back earlier today as they try to red you...

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obamaadministration, thenleft over from the george w. bush administration before that, career person, but now the trump administration has picked somebody new for that job. running the criminal division of the justice department is a huge deal. it is a huge and important job. the trump administration's pick for that job is brian benchcowski. now, thanks to reporting this week in "the new york times" and what came out in his confirmation hearing yesterday, we now know that brian bencowski after he left the trump transition, he went to work representing a russian bank called alpha bank. alpha bank is linked very closely with vladimir putin. alfa bank featured prominently in a controversy last year concerning unexplained electronic communications during the presidential campaign between computer servers connected to alfa bank and computer servers connected to the trump organization. we learned at benchcowski's hearing this week that his time working at alpha bank is not one long-standing relationship that he now has to explain going back years. he started working for alfa bank th

obama administration, then left over from the george w. bush administration before that, career person, but now the trump administration has picked somebody new for that job. running the criminal division of the justice department is a huge deal. it is a huge and important job. the trump administration's pick for that job is brian benchcowski. now, thanks to reporting this week in "the new york times" and what came out in his confirmation hearing yesterday, we now know that brian...